Keto Recipe: Delicious Chocolate Donuts

Keto Recipe: Delicious Chocolate Donuts

All these posts about treats just make me want more! Here's another favorite of mine that ended up being a daily affair, and a staple in my diet. Two good things at once? It almost seems too good to be true - but it's not. These chocolate donuts seriously pack a punch in taste, nutrition, and the guilt. Made from protein powder, you'd expect a consistency to that of a piece of cardboard but it's the secret of egg whites that really take it to a whole new level. Each bite you take will actually ...

Keto Recipe: Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes

Keto Recipe: Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes

You love 'em, I love 'em, we all love 'em. The little disks of joy have slipped into more than one of our dreams with their warm, fluffy texture and intoxicating smell. Even the most successful dieter can sink to the thought of some delicious pancakes. When you're on a low carb diet, gluten free diet, or ketogenic diet you don't just want any protein powder pancake that's all dried out. You want something that LOOKS like the real thing, that TASTES like the real thing, and most ...

Low Carb Flax Bread

Low Carb Flax Bread

One of the biggest things that I missed when I was on a ketogenic diet was bread, sweet sweet bread. It made life easy when I needed something quick, but it was never in my pantry because it's practically a carb overload. This was one of my go-to recipes when it came to low carb bread, and can be modified to fit any taste. You want sweet? Add some Da Vinci Sugar-Free syrup. Want savory? Add some nuts or spinach. You can practically make any alteration to the bread to suit your needs, ...

Thin Crust Low Carb Pizza

Thin Crust Low Carb Pizza

Ketogenic Pizza, Low Carbohydrate Pizza, Healthy Pizza, Low-Calorie Pizza! - whatever name you give it, this perfect substitution for regular pizza is sure to be a hit. It hits most of the same notes as a regular pizza if you are comparing it to a thin crust that is. The star of this recipe is definitely the crust base, the Joseph's Low-Carb Pita Bread Very similar mouth feel and at a fraction of the guilt. Also one of my go to recipes just like the Cauliflower Fried Rice because you can ...

Crispy Cauliflower Fried Rice

Crispy Cauliflower Fried Rice

Cauliflower Fried Rice is one of the greatest inventions of the modern day. It tastes and looks pretty darn close to the real thing with a fraction of the calories, carbohydrates, and gives you many options to customize it to your own tastes. The Preparation 1 head of cauliflower, grated 1 tablespoon soy sauce Pinch of salt Pinch of black pepper 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon sesame oil Optional Mix-Ins Bacon Egg Green onions Any type of peppers ...

Dieting Like You Don’t Mean It

Dieting Like You Don’t Mean It

Most people start off on a diet that promises fantastic results, but is also very restrictive. From low carb to low calorie to taking a pill - they promise it will get you the results you want. It might be for an upcoming event, a new year's resolution, or just an off-the-mill spawn of insight. So, why don't these diets work? Well, usually it's because they are too restrictive and people don't like to be restricted. Remember when your parents told you to not do something when you were younger, ...

Pre and Post Workout Nutrition Timing

Pre and Post Workout Nutrition Timing

Working out to improve your body composition takes patience, commitment, hard work, and planning. You have to fit it into your schedule, motivate yourself to workout, push yourself more and more each week, and persist despite how difficult it is at times. It's a grind. With all of the effort and discomfort that we must go through to get our ideal body, it is not surprising that there is so much debate about nutrient timing for optimal workout results. Some people swear by their post-workout ...

How Many Calories Should I Be Eating?

How Many Calories Should I Be Eating?

The first question people usually ask is, “how many calories should I be eating on keto?” Well, this depends on two crucial factors:  your daily energy expenditure and your goals. Do you want to bulk up and put on as much mass as possible? Do you want to lose fat and maintain muscle mass? Do you just wish to lose weight? We’ll look at what methods you should be using in order to calculate your energy expenditure and daily calorie intake needs, along with what you should actually be eating ...

The Fundamental Lifts to Master

The Fundamental Lifts to Master

The Squat. Well, do you want to learn how to do a proper squat? Well known Mark Rippetoe on the Squat: There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning as the correctly performed full squat. I'll tell ...